[quote=flu][quote=jpinpb][quote=svelte]Another thing that may happen: the participants may use the cold wet winter months to regroup and show up in the spring better organized with stated goals and demands. Heading into the election season, that is a very real possibility.[/quote]
I can see that happening. OWS seems pretty determined. Sure they’ll thin out in the winter. Everyone is counting on that. I can see government in general saying, “Eh, in a month it’ll be cold and they’ll be gone so let them protest while they can. It’ll be over soon.”
I can see them come back stronger in the spring. That may surprise some people.[/quote]
I disagree. By spring, our government would have already figured out how to turn back on the lax-credit-spigot (albeit for a short time)….What that will do allow people to spend on credit again…Dollars will start to flow again, and companies will raise guidance based on credit spending, which will cause companies to blow away dismal earning estimates that our wall street analysts have already set to be a lowered bar of a lowered bar, which in turn will cause the stock markets to rise (albeit temporary), which in turn will allow all these protesters that ironically have 401k, Roth, and IRA accounts that are very much heavily dependent on Wall Street to see those account values start to trickle up again…so that they can “feel” richer and can “feel” they can spend more (on credit of course)…….And that’s it…
Come on, do you really think people who are protesting against corporate greed, rich people’s excesses are really protesting FOR financial frugality??? Financial austerity is the last thing on people’s mind in this country.. Maybe a handful, but the majority…absolutely not…They just want the credit spigots to be turned on again….
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Well I really think you’re wrong there. I don’t think they are there for turning on the spigot, or for financial frugality (are you thinking of the tea party on this one, maybe?). They just want a chance to earn a decent living and have a fair shake.
As to whether they’ll be back in the spring, we shall see. I never expected the Tea People to last this long, either.
